Waypoints on a journey of discovery: Mental models in human- environment interactions

Ecology and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lynam, Timothy ^a,b   Mathevet, Raphael ^c,d   Etienne, Michel ^e   Stone Jovicich, Samantha ^a   Leitch, Anne ^a   Jones, Nathalie ^f   Ross, Helen ^f   du Toit, Derick ⁱ   Pollard, Sharon ⁱ   Biggs, Harry ^g   Perez, Pascal ^h  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Reflecting Society   (Sweden)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d STOCKHOLM RESILIENCE CENTRE   (Sweden)

^e Domaine St Paul   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

ⁱ NONE

Author keywords

Ardi; Consensus analysis; France; Mental models; Social representations; South africa; Water management

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; METHODOLOGY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CROCODILE RIVER; FRANCE; MPUMALANGA; RHONE DELTA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84867116475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/ES-05118-170323     Document Type: Article

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